Trio of South Aiken stars sign to play college baseball
Tam ar Batchelor Andrew Krauss and Connor ORear from South Aiken High School signed to college programs at Erskine College and Clemson University. Batchelor and Krauss cited programs stressing family culture while ORear follows his father to Clemson. The ceremony at South Aiken High marked their official commitments as leaders from the 2017 Thoroughbreds.
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South Aiken
Tamar Batchelor
Andrew Krauss
Connor O’rear
Batchelor
Erskine College
Krauss
Erskine
Kevin Nichols
Flying Fleet
O’rear
Clemson University
South Aiken High School
Bob Polewski
Thoroughbreds
Polewski
Eric Russell
South Airicn
Clemson
Holbrooks future in question as Gamecocks coach
In Columbia fans and calls on radio debate Chad Holbrook's status as South Carolina baseball coach amid a tough SEC season. Holbrook defends his record as the Gamecocks head to Hoover for the SEC Tournament with a must-win path, while pressure mounts over job security and potential staff changes.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Chad Holbrook
Holbrook
SEC
Founders Park
Hoover
Alabama
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
Gamecocks
Ray Tanner
Aiken bankers push pickleball growth in hometown
Aiken natives Jordan Goetzman and Josh Booth, bothSecurity Federal bankers, are expanding pickleball in Aiken County. With tennis backgrounds, they aim to grow the sport amid retirement communities and local courts, hoping pickleball helps attract visitors and residents. They note strategic play differences and the sport’s fast growth as motivation to bring more people to Aiken.
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USA
Security Federal
Goetzman
Booth
Aiken
Aiken High
University of Tennes
Josh Booth
Jordan Goetzman
Polewski steps down as South Aiken baseball coach
After 25 years as head coach, Bob Polewski leaves the dugout but remains athletic director at South Aiken. He led the Thoroughbreds for 12 seasons and begun his coaching career in 1991 at Silver Bluff High School. He aims to see a state baseball title from the program.
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South Aiken
Bob Polewski
Thoroughbreds
Polewski
T-Breds
Silver Bluff High School
Wagener Salley
Cross Creek
Georgia
Thomson
Lugoff-Elgin
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